Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!
As you possibly have heard, a book called “Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!” by Laura Amy Schutz won the Newbery award for 2007 (although the award was given in 2008). My teacher, Monica Edinger, was one of the people who decided. My class each read a chapter from the book. Here are the chapters:
Hugo, the lord’s nephew
Taggot, the blacksmith’s daughter
Will, the plowboy
Alice, the shepherdess
Thomas, the doctor’s son
Constance, the pilgrim
Mogg, the villein’s daughter
Otho, the miller’s son
Jack, the half-wit
Simon, the knight’s son
Edgar, the falconer’s son
Isobel, the lord’s daugher
Barbary, the mud slinger
Jacob Ben Salomon, the moneylender’s son
Petronella, the merchant’s daughter
Lowdy, the varlet’s child
Pask, the runaway
Piers, the glassblower’s apprentice
Mariot and Maud, the glassblower’s daughters
Nelly, the sniggler
Drogo, the tanner’s apprentice
Giles, the beggar
I acted as Giles, the beggar. But I have to end this post. You may have noticed that this post was shorter than the others. But if I explained every chapter then the post would be ten times as long as it should be. But I have an audio recording of me reciting the chapter. It will appear at the end.
The end
March 4th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
Dear c16tk:
I like how you listed the chapters of the book in your blog entry because it gives me a sense of all the characters in the book. As for the one you recited, Giles, the begger… what was he begging for? Did he get what he needed? What do you think about begging? Could he have done something else besides begging or was this the best option?
March 5th, 2008 at 11:44 am
Giles actually has a better life than some of the people stuck int he village, or does he?I think you’ve done a great job of putting the emphasis and emotions in the right place. It was great to hear the words come to life. I wonder how different is the relationship between Giles and his father and Otho, the millers son and his. Taggot, the blacksmith’s daughter talks about her father with affection, but I wonder if how being used as a child to earn a living makes things different between father and son. You really got me thinking! Carol
(A member of the 2008 Newbery Committee)
March 7th, 2008 at 7:08 am
That was excellent. Your enthusiasm brought the very cunning Giles to life.
mwt
March 29th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
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